How does RailCorp deal with daylight saving?

START OF DAYLIGHT SAVING - ADJUSTMENT OF CLOCKS
At 0200 hours (2.00 am) on Sunday, 30 October 2005, Daylight Saving will commence.

It will be necessary for all clocks to be advanced one hour as soon as practicable after 0200 hours (2.00 am). That is, if the clock is adjusted at 0200 hours (2.00 am), it should be advanced to show 0300 hours (3.00 am) Daylight Saving Time.

Adjustment of the clocks will be arranged as follows.

Mechanical, Battery Operated and Synchronous Electric Clocks
All clocks, other than impulse clocks and synchronous clocks that cannot be adjusted without removal from the wall, shall be advanced one hour by the officers normally responsible for correcting the time of the clocks.

Clocks numbered SSR1-2, etc. must only be advanced in the direction of the arrow marked on the clock case.

Considerable damage can be done to this type of clock movement if the hands are moved in the direction opposite to that shown by the arrow.

Impulse Clocks
Electric impulse clocks, in which the minute hand advances at half-minute intervals, are controlled from a Master Clock, and will be advanced one hour by RailCorp infrastructure officers.

This will include the Sydney Terminal Tower Clock.

Attendance Recording Machines
Attendance recording machines will be advanced one hour by the staff normally responsible for making attendance recording machine adjustments.

Under the arrangements commenced 1 July 1990, any adjustment difficulties encountered with these machines will need to be rectified by whichever private firm is undertaking maintenance and repairs to individual machines.

Adjustment Difficulties
The Electrical Operating Centre (telephone 9 4911) should be advised by 1200 hours (noon) on Sunday, 30 October 2005 of any Impulse Clock which has not been advanced one hour (but not any time recorder).

Peter Nash
Manager Rail Equipment Centre
Rail Estate